What is the European Creative Industries Alliance? – the meaning of ECIA for the Amsterdam region http://www.howtogrow.eu/ecia/member/johanna-van-antwerpen/

1. What’s up, Europe?
Joke van Antwerpen
European Creative Industries Alliance
(ECIA)
12 February 2013
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

2. What is ECIA
• Aim: Increasing role creative industries as a driver of the
European economy
• Via policy learning
• Open platform with policymakers and business support
practitioners (28 partners and 12 countries).
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

3. This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

4. Tasks of ECIA
1) Analyse, benchmark and engage in mutual learning
in areas such as:
• Innovation support
• Access to finance
• Cluster excellence
• Spillovers
• Demand driven innovation
• Internationalization
2) Prepare policy recommendations with concrete
masterplans to better support creative industries
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

5. 5
How does it work?
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

6. Role of the Amsterdam Economic
Board (previous AIM)
• Coordinator of a consortium of 6 cities
• Administratory role for the Policy Learning Platform
• Contact point for the European Commission’s DG
Enterprise
• ECIA Website
• Produce end documents:
– Roadmap for a future policy for the CI
– Policy recommendations for the EC
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

7. What’s in it for you
• To share and gain knowledge on the Creative Industries
(CI) in Europe: what’s working and what’s not?
• Constant up to date information from the ECIA website
about relecant events and publications
• Website as a portal that provides access to EU platforms
and relevant CI networks
• Companies: participation in European networks, EU
stimulation of small- and middle sized companies, advice
from ‘how to grow’ portal.
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

8. www.eciaplatform.eu
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

9. Please visit our website!
www.eciaplatform.eu
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.

10. Please visit our website!
www.eciaplatform.eu
This initiative is financed under the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the
competitiveness of European enterprises.